Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Audi was only yards from her now and Donna decided to pull in and let it pass . |
| 2 | So they said I had to come in and get it syringed . |
| 3 | Worried , Wilson confided in Mrs Browning that she feared Ellen might not have received her letter , the posts being so very variable , and was instructed to write again and have it sent with a reply paid , a system she was assured was possible if expensive . |
| 4 | Well I had that with this little locum , but er , a South African , did n't feel a thing , mind you a lot of fillings came out thought just had to go back and have it put in again , but she drilled such a small whole that , that , the dentist I saw , another nice young man , cos my dentist had gone , she 's re-filled it , and going to be alright because her fillings out and it was a bit rough , they did n't sort of goes inwards sort of |
| 5 | It was : ‘ If you want my will to be done , it requires you to actually do something ( which takes time and effort ) not just to sit back and expect it to happen ’ . |
| 6 | This is mind-boggling black-comic stuff , but Holland , perhaps overwhelmed by the weight of the Holocaust taking place just out of frame , seems to sit back and let it happen . |
| 7 | I used to love to sit back and see it done . |
| 8 | Polperro 's festivities fell five days later at St Peter 's Fair , and Quiller Couch beautifully described how a pile of tar barrels and wood would be built up on the beach for the entire village to gather around and see it lighted . |
| 9 | To ‘ catch ’ it you might have to slow down and let it come towards you . |
| 10 | I decided to lie back and let it happen , and put it down to ‘ supernature ’ ; I 've witnessed it before . |
| 11 | I 've got a power supply at home I want to bring in and have it checked out . |